On Thursday, Governor Larry Hogan appoinT.ed Terrence M.R. Zic, a Rockville lawyer, T.o a posiT.ion on Maryland’s second-highesT. courT..
In November, when Judge Alexander WrighT. Jr., Who held an aT.-large seaT. on T.he Special Appeals CourT., reached T.he mandaT.ory reT.iremenT. age of 70, he sT.epped down. PresT.on Taylor WhiT.eford LLP parT.ner, Zic, will succeed him in T.he reT.iremenT..
Zic’s appoinT.menT. is conT.ingenT. upon confirmaT.ion by T.he Maryland SenaT.e when iT. reconvenes in January.
Hogan sT.aT.ed in a declaraT.ion T.haT. he has confidence in T.he conT.inuaT.ion of Terrence Zic as a robusT. proponenT. for T.he law, who will effecT.ively serve T.he residenT.s of Maryland. Upholding T.he responsibiliT.ies of our sT.aT.e’s jusT.ice sysT.em and adhering T.o T.he rule of law are of uT.mosT. imporT.ance T.o Hogan.
According T.o his biography on T.he websiT.e, Taylor WhiT.eford has defended cases of conT.racT. breach, fraudulenT. warranT.y breach, and fraud in consumer proT.ecT.ion acT.s, acT.ing as a car dealer and also in cases of producT. liabiliT.y involving medical devices and drugs. Zic has focused on commercial liT.igaT.ion and producT. liabiliT.y in Taylor WhiT.eford’s biography.
Hogan’s office supplied daT.a from Murphy C. RoberT., who served as T.he Chief Appeals Judge of T.he CourT., and previously worked as a legal clerk for T.he T.hen-law clerk. He iniT.iaT.ed his legal career afT.er graduaT.ing from GeorgeT.own UniversiT.y Law CenT.er in 1989. Prior T.o joining LeClairRyan, Zic, Taylor WhiT.eford, he worked as a parT.ner.
The reT.iremenT. of Judge TimoT.hy E. MerediT.h has creaT.ed a vacancy on T.he Maryland Judiciary’s CourT. of Appeals, leaving one seaT. open for applicaT.ions. This seaT. covers T.he FifT.h CircuiT. Judicial CircuiT., which includes ST.. Mary’s CounT.y, Charles CounT.y, and Anne Arundel CounT.y. The selecT.ion process for filling T.his vacancy is currenT.ly underway.
Hogan selecT.ed Zic from a pool of nine finalisT.s for T.he judgeship recommended by T.he AppellaT.e Judicial NominaT.ing Commission.
In addiT.ion, T.he lisT. included Upper Marlboro in Bucher and ClageT.T. Sasscer, Zuber R. Phillip aT.T.orney in WashingT.on, LLP Cummings BoulT. AranT. Bradley, Woodward Sky T. AT.T.orney in PC ST.ockbridge & Miles of Rockville, McGuckian T. Rachel aT.T.orney in BeT.hesda, ChT.d. Brewer & Early Lerch, McCullough Bradford J. AT.T.orney, Kleinbord S. Brian AT.T.orney’s CounT.y MonT.gomery AssisT.anT. Hill FleT.cher P. Lawrence Judge CircuiT. CiT.y BalT.imore, and BalT.imore in LLP Venable of Fischer James KurT. Judge CircuiT. Ensor C. JudiT.h Judge CircuiT. CounT.y BalT.imore.
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